From left, Garrison Commander Col. Adam Boyd, Beatrice Bair, Tatjana Brady, David Brown, Staff Sgt. Jonathan Munas, Kellie Matack and Garrison Command Sgt. Maj. Micheal Sutterfield. The volunteers won top honors in their respective categories. USAG Bavaria gathered at Rose Barracks April 17 to extend thanks and praise to the 550 registered volunteers at Grafenwoehr and Vilseck. Photo by Markus Rauchenberger, 7ATC-TSAE.
VILSECK, Germany — Garrison leaders and community members gathered here April 17 to extend thanks and praise to the 550 registered volunteers at Tower and Rose Barracks.
The garrison recognized its volunteer community members as leaders and vital contributors at a ceremony at the Rose Barracks Multipurpose Center.
“You give up yourselves to make this place better, our community better,” said Garrison Commander, Col. Adam Boyd, in remarks delivered at the ceremony. “You don’t do it for recognition. You do it because it’s right.”
Organized by the garrison’s volunteer program manager, Kenitha Woodhouse and the staff at Army Community Service, the event drew a large crowd of both volunteers and the beneficiaries of their services. Photos of the event are available on the USAG Bavaria Flickr page.
From March 2018 to March 2019, Grafenwoehr and Vilseck’s 550 volunteers recorded 107,260 hours of service, representing 310 organizations — from USO to chapels, family readiness groups, mail rooms, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts and garrison offices like the Emergency Management Office and Public Affairs Office.
Photos: Volunteer Recognition Ceremony
Asked why she volunteered, Gardenia Shallenberger said, “Children, including mine, are the future and I want to make a positive difference in their lives.”
“I volunteer to build community, meet people, get out of the house and to better myself,” said Sgt. Devon Pleus.
In February, a panel of garrison employees convened to select top volunteers from five categories: active duty, youth, local national, family member and civilian/retiree. In the months prior, managers had submitted nomination packages.
The panel selected these volunteers, whom were also honored at Wednesday’s ceremony:
The Army Volunteer Corps, managed by Army Community Service, is a program aimed at connecting community members with volunteer opportunities. The program also logs service hours through the Volunteer Management Information System. ACS offers VMIS assistance April 30.
| Over 1,000 hours of volunteer service |
| Florian Berger
Renna Berry Tatjana Brady Taeler Daley Brian Derr Tirsa Eastman Kim-Nathalie Estrada Angeles Mary Gauvin Amanda Hoshell Kellie Matack Karen Narvaez |
| Over 750 hours |
| Richard Clark
Boycie Dobbins Brian Flick Sean Haight Amber Kelly Robert Kruzic Sandy Le Brietta Lowman Jonathan Munas Jasmin Phillips Manju Rai Chunge Xu |
| Over 500 hours |
| Christian Almeida
Kimberly Anderson Saheed Bola Rocky Bounds Kyle Burgess Jesse Chasipanta Michael Cimino Luis Corona Colt Dietrich James Fischer Sherleana Fuentes Joel Gleason Xavier Gonzalez Michael Graham Jartavious Gunter Chelsea Hedine Ben Henderson Rachel Holmes Jarrett Hoshell James Joyce Quinn Kearsley Scott Kelsey Danielle L’Heureux Dakota Linke Taylor Lomax-Lewis Colleen Lyden Nicolas Martinez Richard Martinez Dallas Nielsen Neville Patrick Clarence Pittman Jose Posada George Quick Richardo Ramos-Freyre LeAnn Riveron April Smith Kurt Spohr Kristin Voudouris Kathryn Wasson |
| Over 250 hours |
| Jonatan Altamirano
Paul Anthony Annabelle Arcand Charles Barton Stacy Bodine Kayla Braxton Alexis Brewer Brody Bright Zachary Brunnemer Anni Brunner Walter Brunner Corbin Cain Donald Cannon Kristi Davis Bora Delassus Piotr Drwal Alejandro Garcia Christopher Gillon Lothar Gogolka Hugo Guzman Steven Handel Victor Hayes Birgit Hayhurst Aaron Jackson Sashane Johnson Birgit Joyce Paulin Kamnain Josef Klimowitsch Victoria Kotchenreuther Brandon Kou Jacob Krueger Roman Latka Francis Lee Anthony Lewis Igor Malyshev Andel Mangaroo Chanthea Mao Eric Marr Will Martinez Fernandez Jamison McCreary Amanda McNamara Marguerite Meijer Kim Meisel Stephen Mix Jennifer Nash Jakayla Nickerson Ashley Nunes Tanja Olsen Anna Olson Christopher Oney Tauaveave Onosa’I Rosalie Opdahl DaReek Parker DeLane Pearson Angel Peralta Mark Pereschuk Cody Perez Orlando Perez Elizabeth Podojil Anthony Prescott Sally Rebl Martin Rodriguez Matthias Sandybaew Franklin Santana Ashley Sawyer Monika Schoen Werner Schoen Beata Sieskiewicz Rachel Simmons Darren Smith Christopher Smolik Elisabeth Stone Joshua Stucker Andre Symister Larry Thompson Kelly Thornborrow Jared Torgerson Timothy Wells Veronica Wiard Meri Young Scarlette Ziegler |